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Straightboy Lessons

Directed by Ray Rea

1999

USA

10 mins

Beginning the transition from female to male, a transguy seeks counseling from a cisgender male pal. Come along for an illustrated lesson on the do's and don’ts of being a straight boy, in some ways a throwback to the late 1990s and in other ways, a timeless story of friendship and change.

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